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NEWS
Lapid to Head Dayanim Appointment Committee
by Eliezer Rauchberger
A large majority of the Knesset plenum passed a bill in
second and third readings that will make Rabbinate Botei
Din subordinate to the Justice Ministry, currently headed
by Tommy Lapid.
According to the new law the Justice Minister will head the
committee for the appointment of dayanim and will decide
whether to convene it. The law also stipulates the
nosi of the Rabbinate's Beis Din Elyon can ask
the minister to convene the committee in order to appoint a
new dayan.
The bill transfers various responsibilities once held by the
Minister of Religious Affairs to the hands of the nosi
of the beis din, particularly matters related to
assembling benches of dayanim and appointing avos
botei din.
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